Death of Magical Realism

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Death of Magical Realism

April 18, 2014 by ctsuddeth

Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel Prize-winning author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and “Love in the Time of Cholera,” died April 17, age 87. Born in Columbia, he has been called the most influential Spanish novelist since Cervantes.

I first learned about him, because he popularized Magical Realism. RIP

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Columbia, Gabriel García Márquez, literature, Love in the Time of Cholera, magical realism, Nobel, Nobel Prize-winning author, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Spanish, writers, writing | 8 Comments

8 Responses

on April 18, 2014 at 2:40 pm | Reply Asiaelle

He was amazing. He will most certainly been missed.
- on April 18, 2014 at 4:14 pm | Reply ctsuddeth
  
  Yes, he will. I had given up on fantasy as too limited, but Magical Realism appeals to me.
  - on April 18, 2014 at 4:15 pm Asiaelle
    
    He does an amazing job of blending both. As a Caribbean girl, it did wonders for me to realize it was possible.
  - on April 18, 2014 at 9:57 pm ctsuddeth
    
    Asiaelle, good writers do open your minds, so their passing is mourned no matter what their age.
on April 18, 2014 at 2:46 pm | Reply Tim Snyder

r.i.p. 100 years of solitude in so unbelievably amazing
- on April 18, 2014 at 4:13 pm | Reply ctsuddeth
  
  I would love to read his original works, but my Spanish is limited.
  - on April 18, 2014 at 4:23 pm Tim Snyder
    
    yeah, it would be great to read an untranslated version, but i dont see that in my near future, either hahaha
  - on April 18, 2014 at 9:53 pm ctsuddeth
    
    I would like the challenge intellectually but my pesky clock only has 24 hours in it.